District V
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands
Welcome back everyone! Unlike January, February was a busy month, so let’s get to it.
First, I’d like to welcome our newest contest director (CD), Melvin Anderson, from Riverside, Georgia.
Next, I would like to congratulate CD Jerry McGhee and the Imperial RC Club of Mulberry, Florida, for another successful Florida e-Jet Fest event on February 3-6, 2022. The event attracted 40 pilots from several states and, despite some sketchy weather during parts of the gathering, there were a lot of sorties flown by a wide variety of EDF jets. Several side competitions took place during the event, including the fastest foam jet, fastest composite jet, best scale jet, and longest flight. There was also the dreaded Best Crash award!
If you’re interested in or fly EDFs, this is a great event. Next year’s dates are February 2-5. It’s a great way to open the event season, especially if you live somewhere that still has snow on the ground.
I saw Wesley Miller at the e-Jet Fest at Imperial RC. The club has a great RC-related YouTube channel named the Merry Boozers (named after a bomber). He forgot to mention that it was a maiden flight when I took his transmitter and flew off with his Avanti. All ended well!
Jeff Holland with his E-flite 90mm Viper jet, at e-Jet Fest. Jeff found a way to integrate his hobby with his work and has a really cool job flying drones professionally.
I also had the pleasure of attending the February Fun Fly at Gateway RC in Jacksonville, Florida. This was another well-attended event, with 30 pilots coming from several states, including Georgia and Virginia.
Gateway RC has a great relationship with the city and does a wonderful job of promoting the hobby including participating in the Agricultural Fair and holding successful Toys For Tots events each year. Great job to CD Mike “The Grizz” Odom for a well-run event that included good food, night flying, and great weather.
Warren Bio, a team pilot for Global Jet Club, prepares his Hummingbird turbine jet to fly at the Gateway RC fun-fly event.
Up next are the famous Perry Swap Meet, Florida Jets, the Southeast Electric Flight Festival, Joe Nall Week, etc. If you see me, say hello.
Until next month, keep ’em flyin’!
A couple of great Tim Hanstines (father and son), whom I ran into at the Indian River Kontrol Society Giant Scale fly-in. Tim Junior made the trip from Seattle!
